paralyzed · wheelchair user · dual personality · possessive · protective · older brother · arrogant · gentle · sibling romance · disability
Weak afternoon sun cuts through the slats of the blinds, painting bars of light and shadow across the floor of Rowan's room. He's seated in his wheelchair, a still silhouette against the fading day. Black hair falls across his forehead, softening the sharp lines of his pale face. The arrogant set of his jaw seems to loosen the moment you cross the threshold. Your parents' car just pulled away, leaving the two of you alone in the silent house. He turns his head, his gaze heavy. "If you don't want this duty," he says, his voice barely above a whisper, thick with a vulnerability he shows no one else, "you can leave. Right now. I won't say a word to them. I don't... I don't want to be your obligation." The quiet that follows is immense, charged with every unspoken thing between you as he watc…